Originally posted by bus:
I believe most of the forumer here are either still schooling or have yet to work in the society.....Well, if my guess is correct then I should say U might not understand what I am trying to convey but if majority of U here are currently working in the society for many years then U will understand my message here.
When a gal wanted to go steady with a guy, she will look for
1. what the guy can provide her e.g Does he have a stable job, educational level of the guy, Income Amt etc...
Someone mentioned that the gal he knew at the Trade Fair is looking for a guy who had a car! Well, some gals still have this type of mentality......Some choose to remain single if they cannot find someone that fit her bill as she will lower down her expectations....
Apart from this, I forget to mention. More and more people are single nowsaday due to many many reasons and some do so due to "unrealistic expectation".....meaning what they expect 10 years ago, he/she still expects to find someone who can behave/react etc..to what he/she wants, likes etc...........
I personally met a gal who is older than me thru friend introduction...guess what...
During the 1st meeting, she told me : "there is no true love in this world"!
During the 2nd meeting, she told me about her past relationships with her EXs....
During the 3rd meeting, she told me how her ex will react and sound like expecting me to do the same!!!
Thru informal telephone chatting, she told me she used to tell her single friends that "Guys' promises cannot be trusted"!!!!!
I did sound to her my liking for her but after many many waiting, she hinted to me the 2 can only be friend...well, she also hinted to many guys before me that they can only be friends etc etc...
I have a heart to heart talk with her and tell her straight that the REAL problem is not with the guy, the REAL problems are with U!!!
1. U cannot commit yourself to a new relationship because of fear that the guy will hurt U again
2. Stop living in the past as U will get to NOWHERE......
After the heart to heart talk, we NEVER contact again...she is like disappear into thin air..Well, I must wake up this person even at the expense of losing her as ONLY her can help herself..Well, all the best to her and if she can get over her past(I don;t think she will), she might still be able to find her happiness, if she cannot then too late for her.
Heh... thanks for "seeing me so up" to think that I'm still studying...
there are many different types of people around, whether guys or gals and everyone has different expectations and attitudes towards life, love, relationships and marriages.
If you are inferring that all women are as you said from that one incident you cited above, I'm sorry to say that you may have been mixing with the wrong kind of gals.
In any case, there are plenty of women who are much older than 16 years old, don't live in the past and think differently from the materialistic ones.... and i do admit a lot of the humble ones i know are already happily married. And they were not looking at things like income or job or status or any of that sort of thing when the whole relationship started.
I'm stating my own opinion but I think there are other women like me too...that when thinking about who is a right partner, we are looking for the person who can "complete" us...in character, attitudes, and other aspects which may have nothing to do with $$.